Alphabet associations

[Flay]

As so often, the quality of the suggestion surpasses that of the actual answer. Coltrane <sigh>

And I have missed a decent D clue for next time... Bigger indeed!

[mercia]

his Prise.

spelling noted - was it different first time, I didn't notice

La Prise de la Bastille ?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

spelling noted - was it different first time, I didn't notice

La Prise de la Bastille ?

No: further South. (And further back!)

[mercia]

No: further South. (And further back!)

oops - that was a bad mistake wasn't it

Berlioz never saw the first two acts, called La Prise de Troie, of Les Troyens, performed.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

oops - that was a bad mistake wasn't it

Berlioz never saw the first two acts, called La Prise de Troie, of Les Troyens, performed.

- the rest should be plain sailing (as Aeneas might have said)!

[Flay]

Hmm. "Berlioz never saw the first two acts, later given the name La prise de Troie ['The Capture of Troy'], performed. The first five-act performance of the "complete" Les Troyens, spread over two nights, only took place at Karlsruhe in 1890, 21 years after Berlioz's death."

I can't get further...

[Flay]

Snap!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I can't get further...

... but you're so close!

[mercia]

I'm not going to interrupt flay's progress any more

[Flay]

Nooo, I have to walk the dogs in the rain